{"id":13059,"date":"2017-05-11T17:44:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=13059"},"modified":"2017-05-11T17:45:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:45:59","slug":"former-lagos-attorney-ayo-phillip-gets-fifa-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/former-lagos-attorney-ayo-phillip-gets-fifa-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Lagos Attorney General, Ayo Phillip gets FIFA appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dayo Emmanuel<\/p>\n<p>Former Attorney General of Lagos State and ex-Chair of the state\u2019s Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Ayotunde Phillip, has been appointed into the newly-constituted FIFA Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment took place at the Congress of the world football governing body taking place in Manama, Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>Phillip, 68 was the fourth female Chief Judge of Lagos State. She studied Law at the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>She retired from the High Court Bench in July 2014 upon the attainment of the statutory retirement age of 65 years.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Twenty of Phillip&#8217;s 38 years service in Lagos State Government\u00a0 were spent on the High Court Bench.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Football Federation in a congratulatory tweet via its official handle @thenff felicitated with the retired Justice on her new appointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Nigerian Judge, Justice Ayotunde Phillip who has just been appointed into the FIFA Ethics Committee,\u201d the tweet stated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dayo Emmanuel Former Attorney General of Lagos State and ex-Chair of the state\u2019s Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Ayotunde Phillip, has been appointed into the newly-constituted FIFA Ethics Committee. 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